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Barnard, Kathryn; And Others – 1986
Offering a discussion for administrators and practitioners serving disabled and at-risk infants, toddlers, and their families, these three addresses explore issues, strategies, and models of program evaluation. "Major Issues in Program Evaluation," by Kathryn Barnard, discusses the purpose of, process of, and ways of doing program…
Descriptors: Action Research, Clinics, Disabilities, Family Programs

Chow, Roger; Yuen, Francis K. O. – Early Child Development and Care, 2000
Provides impressionistic reflection of how human service agencies in San Jose, California have helped refugee families from war-torn Cambodia and Bosnia. Summarizes some of the lessons learned from working with refugee families. Notes that the experiences have influenced the capacity- building, empowering, and mentoring aspects of a new…
Descriptors: Caseworker Approach, Cooperation, Emotional Adjustment, Family (Sociological Unit)
Kohm, Barbara – 1985
A model program to provide family services, the Family Center is a facility of a public school system in Clayton, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. Components of the program include parent classes based on the age and developmental level of the child; workshops; informal support groups; individual counseling; activity workshops; for parents and…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Discussion Groups, Family Programs, Group Guidance
Dunkle, Margaret C. – 1995
This report provides a detailed examination of the various federal programs for children and families and outlines ways in which the United States Congress and Executive Branch could make these programs work better. Intricate and often overlapping goals and actions are typical of the Congressional committees and Executive Branch departments that…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Committees, Family Programs, Federal Government
Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC. – 1994
This report outlines the views of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' 40-member Advisory Committee on Services for Families with Infants and Toddlers in regard to the Early Head Start Program. This program, introduced in 1995, is designed to provide services to children from birth to age 3 (and their families) who were not previously…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Advocacy, Educational Policy, Educational Research
Miller, Shelby H.; And Others – 1995
As early childhood programs face the challenges of becoming more comprehensive, better coordinated with other service providers in the community, and better attuned to the importance of consistency of care between home and child care, the demand to integrate early childhood education and child care with family support is growing. This report…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Day Care, Early Childhood Education

Draper, Lucy – Children & Society, 2001
Describes as example a parents' center in London to examine impact of evaluation exercises on people and services being evaluated. Questions whether evaluators are measuring the right things, whether evidence is valid, and what effects an evaluation may have on services. Identifies features of research and evaluation that are most likely to…
Descriptors: Children, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Family Programs

Wharf, Brian – Child Welfare, 1995
Identifies the major themes that have emerged in this special issue on child welfare in Canada, and presents a critique of the policies and practices now dominating the Canadian child welfare enterprise. Outlines the changes required to move child welfare from its residual stance into an enterprise that develops a capacity for innovative practice.…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Family Programs, Foreign Countries, Government Role
Wynn, Joan; And Others – 1994
Highlighting the need for a redefinition and redirection of social services for children and families, this report proposes a new model for social services that can enhance the development of children and the functioning of families. Two essential and interrelated components of the model described and discussed are: (1) supporting and expanding…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Child Welfare, Children
Committee for Economic Development, New York, NY. Research and Policy Committee. – 1991
Schools and business must unite to make all the changes needed to ensure the success of all children. Social change, particularly the increase in single-parent families, has resulted in more children being born at risk of school failure. Most early childhood education reform initiatives have been piecemeal and have lacked a true understanding of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Needs, Comprehensive Programs, Educational Change
Russell, Avery, Ed. – Carnegie Quarterly, 1994
This journal issue examines the four key areas for major policy action identified by the Carnegie Task Force in its report, Starting Points: Meeting the Needs of Our Youngest Children. The four areas of policy recommendation are: (1) promoting responsible parenthood, concerned with preventing adolescent pregnancies and unwanted births, teaching…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Rearing, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs
Faccini, Benedict; Combes, Bernard – 1998
Early childhood development is increasingly viewed as an affirmation of children's rights. This report describes the concept of early childhood development and presents several viewpoints regarding early childhood care and development, parenting, and approaches to early education. The report also presents 10 case studies of programs to enhance the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Child Rearing, Early Childhood Education
National Center for Family Literacy, Louisville, KY. – 2000
Noting that the need for basic skills education among the current labor force cannot be easily met by vocational training alone, this booklet presents the case for family literacy education to improve the skills of unemployed workers and describes the work of the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL). Family literacy is defined as having four…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Early Childhood Education, Employed Parents, Family Literacy
Blank, Martin J.; Lombardi, Joan – 1991
This policy brief synthesizes the proceedings of a symposium on children and family services, focusing on elements of successful collaboration among human services agencies. In the first section of the brief, the meaning of collaboration in the family services context is clarified, and ways in which the current focus on collaboration differs from…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Community Services, Cooperative Planning
Jacobson, Wendy B. – 2000
In June, 1999, the U.S. Departments of Justice and of Health and Human Services convened the National Summit on Children Exposed to Violence, bringing together experts to develop a framework for understanding and addressing children's exposure to violence. This Summary describes that framework, presenting an action plan that outlines principles…
Descriptors: Age Groups, At Risk Persons, Change Agents, Change Strategies
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